Josiah letchworth



(No Model.) i

J. LETUHWOR-TH.

HAMB.

I No. 415,722. Patentea NW. 26, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

J OSIAH LETCHIUJRTH, OF BUFFAIJO, N ElV YORK.

`HAME.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,'`('22, dated November 26, 1889. Application filed June' 15, 1889. Serial No. 314,427. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, J osIAH LETCHWORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inyented new and useful Improvements in Line-Rings for Hames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the line rings which are attached to hames and through which the reins pass. Ileretofore the linering has been attached to the hame by one or more staples or rivets embraciug journals on the ring, so as to permit the ring to swvel backwardly and forwardly on the hame. In the ordinary construction of these rings the journals are formed on the inner bar of the ring and the eyes of the staples embracng these journals project inwardly beyond the inner surface of the ring. This is objectionable, because the projections so formed 011 the inner bar of the ring chafe and wear the reins.

The object of my invention is to remedy this difficulty; andmy invention consists in construoting the line-ring' in such manner as to leave the entire inclosure or inner surface of the ring perfectly smooth, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figu re 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved linering attached to a hame. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section in line a: Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer in both figures. i

A represents the haine, B the line-ring, and C C the staples or rivets whereby the ring is attached to the hame. The line-ring' is provided at its inner side adjacent to the hame with journals (Z (Z, which are swiveled in the eyes e of the sta-pies.

to like parts f f represent guards arrauged over or in front of the eyes of the staples C, so as to cover the same. The faces of these guards form a smooth continuation of the inner surface of the ring, as shown, whereby the formation of ridges or shoulders within the ring' is avoided and the entire inner surface of the ri n g is left smooth, thereby preventi ng chafing and wear of the rein in the ring. By this construction the journals and the eyesl of the attachiug-staples are arranged in slotted projections Wholly outside of the inner surface of the ring, as contradistinguished from an arrangementof the journals and staple-eyes directly in the peripheral line of the ring, in which latter case the staple-eyes form projections or shoulders within the ring. lVhen the eyes of the staples project into the ring, as in rings of ordinary construction, the reins are apt to become twisted by striking the eyes and caused to bear with their narrow edges against the animal7s neck, cau'sing the hair to wear off. In my improved line-ring 'the irein are less liable to twist, o'wing to the absence of -projections Within the ring, and the reins are therefore more easily retained with their flat sides toward the animal.

I claim as niy invention The combination, with a hame, of a linering provided on its inner side with two journals arranged one above the other in slotted projections, the slots being closed in the sides toward the interior of the ring to form internal guards covering said journals, and fastening-staples having their eyes embracing said journals and covered by said guards, substantially as set forth.

Titness my hand this 22d day of May,

J OSIAH.. LETCH WORTH. Vlitiiesses:

HENRY O. EDsoN, WALTER P. DiETzER. 

